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On 2/5/2010 1:52 PM, Justin Dolske wrote:
> On 2/4/10 9:16 PM, Josh Aas wrote:
>> We
>> have come to a point where we need to make a final decision and either
>> restore 10.4 support or remove this (large) amount of 10.4 specific
>> code.
>
> So, this is another decision where it seems like knowing the 
> plan/timing for the next release might be useful...
>
> It seems like if we were to ship a trunk release soon (Q2/3?), then 
> there could be a stronger argument for retaining 10.4 support. But if 
> the next trunk release is more of a 2011 thing, then there's less of a 
> reason to support 10.4.
>
> As a historical data point, I dug up some posts from when we discussed 
> dropping 10.3 support for Firefox 3.0, back in May/June 2007...
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/msg/c19ecb46e27dbf91
> http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/msg/4bd908b72a5e0759
>
> At the time, it was ~3.5 years since 10.3 had been released, Firefox 
> 3.0 was expected to be ~6 months away (reality was 1 year). AUS data 
> indicated that 16% of Firefox users were running 10.3.
>
> Now it's ~3.5 years since 10.4 was released, ?? months until Firefox 
> ?.? ships, and Josh's data indicates that 25% of our current users are 
> on 10.4 (but that early signs are that it's much lower for 3.6).
For clarity, isn't the 25% of current users on 10.4 actually 25% of 
current Mac users (also the previously mentioned 16%)?

Robert